Centerpoint Church to host faith-based summit on Thursday and Friday

KALAMAZOO — Center­point Church in Kalamazoo
will be one of 185 sites around the United States to host the Willow
Creek Association’s Global Leadership Summit 2011 via satellite Thursday
and Friday.

The summit will feature pre­sentations by leaders
in busi­ness, education, government and compassion such as How­ard
Schultz, CEO of Starbucks; Seth Godin, Squidoo founder; Cory Booker,
mayor of Newark, N.J.; Mama Maggie Gobran, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee;
and Kalamazoo native Bill Hy­bels, pastor of Willow Creek Community
Church, a mega­church in South Barrington, Ill., from which the summit
will originate.

In addition to the 185 U.S. lo­cations taking
part through live satellite feeds, participants in 270 cities
internationally will view the videocast of the sum­mit this fall. The
presentations are expected to reach 165,000 business and church leaders
seeking answers to how busi­nesses, banks and churches can survive
during turbulent economic times.

The cost of taking part in the
summit is $269. Willow Creek Association members can par­ticipate for
$209; members of the military, for $99; and stu­dents and faculty, $79.